VISUAL REPORTS

A majority of respondents to an informal street poll in Moscow said they would like to see Russian President Vladimir Putin elected for another term, with many citing the absence of an alternative. Several people said that he has brought the country to a “dead end”; one said Putin might be a “great dacha neighbor,” but doesn't understand “how to run a country.” (Russian Service)

Aleksandr Buldakov, a farmer in Russia's Ural region, lost both feet in an accident 12 years ago. He has since adapted his tractor and car to operate by hand, rebuilt his house to make it disabled-accessible, and kept his large farm running by himself.

Maybe it’s telephone terrorism. Maybe it’s a secret test of the country’s civil defense. Or maybe it’s a new form of cyberwarfare. Russia has been hit by hundreds of fake bomb threats over the past five days.

Yanukovych-era Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych is facing charges in a Kyiv court of facilitating efforts to engineer constitutional changes expanding the powers of the head of state. (Ukrainian Service)